The graph shows the number of shops that closed and the number of new shops that opened in one country between 2011 and 2018.

The line graph gives information about the number of closed retail outlets in comparison to those newly opened in one country in

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period

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Overall

, both categories saw a downward trend with some fluctuations throughout the

period

and there was a greater decline in the number of new establishments as opposed to closures. At the beginning of the

period

, in 2011, about 8500

shops

were opened, which was the highest number in the entire

period

. The following

year

saw a steep decline in new outlets, halving to around 4000.

However

, the numbers rose steadily in the next two years, reaching 6000, and returned to the previous figure of 4000 in 2015. The figures remained unchanged until the

year

2017 before dropping again by another 1000

shops

to 3000 stores entering the business in the final

year

. The figures for the retail

shops

going out of business had a different pattern throughout the

period

. In 2011, more than 6000

shops

were closed and the numbers fluctuated between 6000 and 7000 in the next three years before plummeting to 600 closures in 2015, which was almost ten times less than the previous

year

. The

year

2016 saw a sharp rise in numbers, with more than 5,000

shops

being closed in that

year

alone. The final two years experienced a little change, remaining at over 5000 stores closing their businesses.